the announcement for the Lace Knitter’s Advent Calendar 2011(unikatissima lc069 holly announcement.pdf) (see below what you find in the announcement file),

the actual pattern (charts and written instructions) (unikatissima_lc069_holly.pdf) and

a German chart legend(unikatissima_lc069_holly_d_legende.pdf)

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KAL in January 2013:First of January a KAL with the Lace Holly has started. Anna (snorrepot) said that it is a very relaxed KAL and that you can even jump on now (begin of January 2013) if you like to participate. Check it out :)

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‘Rules’ of Advent calendar:

The Lace Holly - Lace Knitter’s Advent Calendar 2011 consists of 6 little patterns that can be knitted in whatever order you like. To get the surprise feeling of an Advent calendar the 6 little patterns are named block 1 - 6 and are meant to be selected by rolling a die :)

But of course you can arrange the little patterns in advance to get a design that you like. To get inspiration you may want to look at the project descriptions in the announcement file (see below what you find in the announcement file).

Rows and stitches:I used 3 pattern repeats for all my items and it took me about 20-30 minutes for one pattern block, where blocks 1 & 2 have 14 rows, blocks 3 & 4 have 8 rows and blocks 5 & 6 have 10 rows and the pattern repeat has 24 stitches.

By the way: I always used a provisional cast-on and eventually found a tutorial for my preferred method. Read about it in this thread: Provisional cast-on

Which yarn and how much of it:

As for which yarn: take whatever yarn

you have at hand or

you always wanted to use for a special occasion or

seems precious enough to you for a Christmas shrug / scarf / shawl :)

And as for how much yarn: that depends on the yarn you use and the size you want to have.

If you want to knit a scarf or shawl, yarn and amounts of yarn will be similar, for a shrug you will probably need less, because it is often shorter.

The project descriptions in the announcement file (read more further below) are also meant to give you an idea on how much yarn you may need. I knitted every item with a different yarn to show you the differences.

If you want to make a swatch, use your yarn with one of the patterns of the Lace Christmas Rose, the amount of yarn needed is very similar.

Questions, suggestions and sharing your progress:

If you have questions, want to offer suggestions or find mistakes (hopefully not! ;-)) you can post in the group unikatissima or send me a pm.